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Vouchers for health: A demand side output-based aid approach to reproductive health services in Kenya

C.P. Janisch KfW Banking Group, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Health Policy Department, IGES Institut, Friedrichstrasse, 180, Berlin, 10117, Germany
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M. Albrecht Health Policy Department, IGES Institut, Friedrichstrasse, 180, Berlin, 10117, Germany
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A. Wolfschuetz Health Policy Department, IGES Institut, Friedrichstrasse, 180, Berlin, 10117, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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F. Kundu National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development, Nairobi, Kenya
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S. Klein Health Policy Department, IGES Institut, Friedrichstrasse, 180, Berlin, 10117, Germany
Pages 578-594 | Received 18 Jun 2008, Published online: 22 Jan 2010

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